Thioridazine hydrochloride - the description, contraindications, application

The latin name: Thioridazine hydrochloride

Thioridazine Pharmacological groups: Neuroleptics

Thioridazine Working substance: Thioridazine

Thioridazine Application: Acute schizophrenic sets of symptoms, a chronic schizophrenia, obsessional conditions, endogenic depressions, conditions of psychomotor exaltation of a various genesis; the neurosises accompanying with a strain, exaltation, obsessional conditions and feeling of pavor, habit spasms, an abstinent set of symptoms at toxicomanias and an alcoholism.

Thioridazine Contraindications: Hypersensitivity, cafards, comas, serious diseases of a liver, the CNS and cardiovascular system, pregnancy, a feeding a breast (for the period of treatment it is necessary to refuse), children's age (till 4 years).

Thioridazine Side effects: the Sleepiness, a parkinsonism, etc. an extrapyramidal symptomatology, a lethargy, anxiety, psychomotor exaltation, psychotic reactions, a headache, changes the ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, infringement of vision, a xerostomia, a nausea, a vomiting, a constipation, a diarrhea, paleness, a galactorrhea, lactic Ferri lactases, an amenorrhea, a delay of an ejaculation, peripheric edemas, a photophobia, a swelling of parotid glands, -allergic displays such as a urticaria.

Thioridazine Interaction: It is incompatible with an epinephrine and anesthetics, , Reserpinum. Strengthens effect soporific, analgesic, narcotics and alcohol, weakens - Levodopums and an amphetamine. The amitriptyline and antihistamine drugs rise anticholinergic activity, antidiabetic agents enlarge probability of damage of a liver.

Thioridazine Way of application and dose: Inside. The adult at an out-patient treatment in mild cases - on 10-25 mg 2-4 times day, at stationary and in more serious cases - 300-600 milligram/day by series. To children of 4-7 years - 10-20 milligram/day, having divided a dose on 2-3 receptions, 8-14 years - 20-30, 15-18 years - 30-50 milligram/day. Treatment comes to an end gradual downstroke of a dosage.

Thioridazine Precautionary measures: expediently periodically to supervise morphological composition of a peripheric blood. With care appoint the elderly patient because of risk of development of paradoxical reactions. During reception it is not recommended to control vehicles and to work with complex mechanisms. The use of alcohol is excluded.

Trading names of drugs with working substance Thioridazine:
Thioridazinum (Apo-Thioridazine) (Thiodazine) (Thison) Mellerilum (Melleril) Thioridazinum a hydrochloride (Thioridazine hydrochloride) (Sonapax) Thiorylum (Thioril)